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Los Angeles Times Book Prize ろさんぜるす・たいむず ぶっくしょう

Edition 24 (2003)

BiographyCurrent interestFictionArt Seidenbaum Award for First FictionHistoryMystery/ThrillerPoetryScience and TechnologyYoung Adult NovelGraphic Novel/ComicsRay Bradbury Prize (SF/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction)Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical ProseInnovator's AwardRobert Kirsch AwardAchievement in Audiobook Production (established 2023, presented by Audible)

Winners

10 people
Mark Haddon Winner
288 pages

American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization by Neil Smith is a nonfiction work that traces history and social structures.

American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization remains a work that continues to attract readers.

557 pages
NonfictionHistory

The New Chinese Empire - And What It Means for the United States by Ross Terrill is a nonfiction work that traces history and social structures.

The New Chinese Empire - And What It Means for the United States remains a work that continues to attract readers.

400 pages
NonfictionHistory
Pete Dexter Winner

Train by Pete Dexter is an award-winning work.

Train remains a work that continues to attract readers.

288 pages
Award-winning work
Henry Wiencek Winner

An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America by Henry Wiencek is a nonfiction work that traces history and social structures.

An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America remains a work that continues to attract readers.

404 pages
NonfictionHistory

Soul Circus by George P. Pelecanos is an award-winning work.

Soul Circus remains a work that continues to attract readers.

352 pages
Award-winning work

Collected Later Poems by Anthony Hecht is a poetry collection shaped by memory and the passage of time.

Collected Later Poems remains a work that continues to attract readers.

256 pages
PoetryMemory

Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation by Philip J. Hilts is a nonfiction work that traces history and social structures.

Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation remains a work that continues to attract readers.

416 pages
NonfictionHistory

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly is an award-winning work.

A Northern Light remains a work that continues to attract readers.

400 pages
Award-winning work